I have a younger sister who just graduated high school recently and can promise that she wouldn't know any of these. This might be a bit of an "outlier" case as she's learning challenged and isn't the average student, but it's still crazy and a bit scary how school doesn't teach much anymore.

I also find that there is a complete lack of teaching of practical skills in high school. Of course parents should be teaching some of these things, but not all parents are great at that. I feel like we should put together a list of common things that everyone should know. Things like...

-How to change a tire

-Basics of managing personal finances

-Standard home maintenance, not even complex stuff but like how to change a furnace filter, if a door squeaks add oil

-Basic electrical, if power is out in a certain room check the breaker panel and see if one tripped

-How to measure something before you move it so you know it fits (blew my mind that she didn't think to do this)

-how to unplug a toilet, and how to shut off water to one if it starts to flood

-basic computer stuff like if one isn't turning on, perhaps check if it's plugged in? I get this one at work a lot, fully grown adults reach out to IT because their computer came unplugged, or the network cable got disconnected, or because their mouse ran out of batteries. COME ON PEOPLE!!!

-Check your car's oil. People have blown engines and are hit with expensive repairs since they either don't know how to open their hood, locate the dipstick, and literally look at it (or are too lazy, so they should also learn the importance of it)

Like basic life skills that everyone should know! Stuff that should be common knowledge, but apparently isn't.